Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 49532 on NHS Low Income Scheme: Asylum, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing HC2 certificates to people seeking asylum since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information is not held in the format requested. HC2 certificates are generic and do not have categories such as student or asylum seeker attributed to them. The NHS Business Services Authority does not collect information on what category a patient using the HC2 belongs to for any of the National Health Service charges covered by the scheme. Therefore, it is not possible to calculate the cost to the public purse in terms of lost NHS charge revenue.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many people arriving in small boats have been found to have (a) convictions, (b) pending prosecutions and (c) wanted or missing reports since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals.

In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the community or those who are a threat to national security.

Anyone convicted of a particularly serious crime resulting in a custodial sentence of 12 months or more, and are considered a danger to the UK, will be denied asylum and will be considered for removal from the UK. Those refused protection status who cannot be removed will be subject to regular review until they can be removed at the earliest opportunity.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many and what proportion of people arriving by small boat undergo further checks on criminality.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals.

In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the community or those who are a threat to national security.

Anyone convicted of a particularly serious crime resulting in a custodial sentence of 12 months or more, and are considered a danger to the UK, will be denied asylum and will be considered for removal from the UK. Those refused protection status who cannot be removed will be subject to regular review until they can be removed at the earliest opportunity.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, what steps her Department is taking to remove small boat arrivals who fail criminality checks.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals.

In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the community or those who are a threat to national security.

Anyone convicted of a particularly serious crime resulting in a custodial sentence of 12 months or more, and are considered a danger to the UK, will be denied asylum and will be considered for removal from the UK. Those refused protection status who cannot be removed will be subject to regular review until they can be removed at the earliest opportunity.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Entrepreneurship Advisor role on small businesses.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

Reducing barriers for business, entrepreneurs and investors is key to boosting economic growth and delivering the government’s Plan for Change.

Alex Depledge has been appointed as the government’s Entrepreneurship Advisor and brings extensive entrepreneurship experience, having successfully built several businesses from the ground up.

Over the coming months, Alex will advise the Chancellor on the government’s entrepreneurship landscape, focusing on addressing the key barriers faced by businesses seeking to start up and scale up in the UK. The impact of any policy decisions taken by the Chancellor as a result of this advice will be assessed in the usual way.

Interception of small boats by France

Found: Lewis Cocking: I am MP for Broxbourne and am also a leaseholder.

Found: Thomas Rebecca Paul Mr Peter Bedford Gareth Davies Shivani Raja Lee Anderson Neil O'Brien Lewis Cocking

Found: Thomas Rebecca Paul Mr Peter Bedford Gareth Davies Shivani Raja Lee Anderson Neil O'Brien Lewis Cocking

Found: Marie Rimmer Margaret Mullane Derek Twigg Marsha De Cordova Monica Harding Juliet Campbell Lewis Cocking

Found: Bradley Thomas Sir Desmond Swayne Mary Kelly Foy Wera Hobhouse Melanie Ward Tim Farron Lewis Cocking

Found: Bradley Thomas Sir Desmond Swayne Mary Kelly Foy Wera Hobhouse Melanie Ward Tim Farron Lewis Cocking

Found: John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths Greg Smith Graham Stuart Dame Caroline Dinenage Lewis Cocking